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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Kariya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Moriyama, Kariya, JP;
Hideaki Terai, Kariya, JP;
Koji Uchino, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuhiko Nishijima, Shizuoka, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Kariya-shi, Aichi, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lamp comprises a light guide, a light source and a subject member; wherein an exit surface of the light guide is arranged at a position exposed to a front side of the subject member or located on a rear side of the subject member while being visible from the front side; wherein a surface of a light-guiding part about the exit surface located on the rear side is covered with paint or an opaque member so that the exit surface seen from the front side appears to have the same color as with surroundings thereof; wherein the subject member is molded by an opaque material or the rear side about the exit surface is covered with the paint or the opaque member; and wherein the light guide and the subject member are molded integrally with each other.